Domestic Geek

Current mood: confused
I don't understand all the uproar about the "flu shot shortage" in this country. It is bad enough that people are brainwashed into believing that they're going to die from the flu if they don't get a shot. I've never had a shot and rarely get the flu. I get other stuff, like colds, strep, upper respiratory infections...hardly ever the flu. If people would do the stuff they're supposed to, like take vitamin C, wash hands with soap, eat well, cover mouths when coughing and staying home and getting well if they do have the flu, the flu epidemics are really nothing to worry about. In fact, I bet worrying over the lack of flu shots lowers your resistance so that becoming sick is more likely. Also, how about the fact that there are numerous strains of the flu and a single shot can't get them all? How many people really die from flu every year as opposed to other things, like car crashes, etc.? I'm really curious about that. And since when does something like this need to be a political issue? Like Kerry can guarantee that every American will get a flu shot if he's president. Loser! I'm sick of every newscast having stories about who's got shots and how little there is to go around. It's time to get a grip, people!

So, just out of curiosity the other night, Marcus was looking up the price of land in Bumpus Mill, TN (where we went fishing). You can get an acre of lakefront property for $5 grand or less. Hm, it would be tempting if Bumpus Mills was actually close to anything besides Fort Campbell, KY. I would be soooo bored living there. There isn't even a Starbucks close by, that's how rural it is. We'd have to go back to satellite Internet, too. No thanks. I reminded Marcus that there are no real mountains to go mountain biking, closest civilization is Nashville, no friends close by, no tech work.

If only lakefront land in Colorado cost $5,000 an acre.

I finally got around to uploading all the vacation pictures in the Tennessee Vacation 2004 Photo Album. I don't know if they're interesting to anybody but me, but hey, check them out if you want to. Captions will come later as I get time.

I found some Dill Flavored Sunflower seeds while travelling through Kansas. They sounded kind of gross and I passed on buying some as we headed east. On the way back, however, I decided to grab a bag to try and they're actually pretty good. Of course, they're made by the Spitz company and I already am addicted to their Seasoned Seeds and their pumpkin seeds are pretty decent.

Current mood: excited
Today was my first day back at school after the whole leave of absence thing. It felt really good to be around my old friends again. I really missed being there. I'm taking one class this 10 weeks because of my transfer credits. It's called Personal Communication and meets every Wednesday. The teacher seems to be awesome.

The horrible realization hit me, when I saw the notice on the door, that the art show is next week and I have to do my portfolio presentation. Dang, where did the time go since last year's art show? Submissions are also due on Monday and I had all these plans of things I was going to do for entries. *sigh* The accident took care of that. Maybe next year. I have to be more concerned with getting my work caught up that I missed.

Being away from work was really good for my back and my stress level. I've really got to make an effort to take vacations more often.

I had all these things I wanted to say about my trip, but danged if I can remember any of them right at the moment. I hate it when that happens. Maybe I'll remember them at work in the morning and I'll make notes. Oh, well.

On that note, I guess I had better get to bed so I can get up in a few hours. I've vowed to myself that I will do everything in my power to never actually see my boss again (I loathe him that much right now). I also need to get my desktop Windows box going again tomorrow. I put the OS on a separate hard drive and now I need to reload all my programs. Fun stuff.

G'night!

*lyric from Grease II